How important do you think lyrics are to the quality of a song? Or do you think the beat and vocal style more important?

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as far as lyrics go, most of the time i couldnt give a shit wat they actually mean. its more the vocal phrasing and how they sound thats important

I rarely listen to music with lyrics, so to me it is not that important.

Lyrics and what they say has always been important to me. It's like reading a story, and the music reacts to it. The music makes you feel what the song is about.

But I have to admit I also like songs with absolutely idiot words, but with a catchy tune.

The lyrics are more important to the writer than the listener. I like it if a song I enjoy has what I consider to be 'good' lyrics, but it's all subjective. I would consider a song that talks about the plight of the environment and humankind's roll in that, and what we should do to reverse it, to be 'good' lyrics ('If a Tree Falls', Bruce Cockburn) because it is a topic of interest and concern to me. Now, a lot of Blues tunes have hilarious lyrics, but they are not what I would consider 'good' in regards to depth or importance ('Dirty Mother For You', Roosevelt Sykes), but the lyrics are entertaining, and that's why I listen to music anyway.

It's supposed to be about protest, but everyone has used it as a rallying cry for the ppor US of A, particularly in advertising, almost since that album (easily his worst at that time) was released. Apparently Bruce likes that American money at least enough to let it go on.

So my vote went to "National Pride"

Seriously, what's everyone liek about Born in the USA so much? I like his 70's albums way more.

I was living in New York at the time that album came out, and many die-hard Boss fans were outraged at what they thought was obvious commercial bullshit. The fact that "Dancing In The Dark" was actually remixed drove that point home in a hurry, with many fans yelling "sell-out" at every opportunity. It seems laughable now, given that Springsteen was hardly an indie punker, but it does illustrate what his music did mean at one time to many people, most of whom were living near Asbury Park, NJ, during the release of his better albums.

That I actually liked 1 or 2 songs on this album actually came as a surprise to me, given how crappy it is, but as we can see, music fans lapped it up and Bruce Springsteen shot to the top.